GATE 2022: Check Previous Years' Civil Engineering Difficulty Level & Expected Topic-Wise Weightage
IIT Kharagpur will conduct the GATE 2022 civil engineering exam on 12th February across two shifts - morning and afternoon and candidates looking for the previous year GATE civil engineering session-wise difficulty level and topic-wise weightage must go through the following piece.
The GATE 2022 exam is scheduled to be conducted by IIT Kharagpur on the 05th, 06th, 12th and 13th February for students seeking admission into various postgraduate programmes offered at IITs, IISc and institutes of national repute. The GATE 2022 civil engineering exam will be conducted on 12th February in two shifts. The purpose of this piece is to provide the upcoming GATE exam candidates with the previous year’s GATE civil engineering difficulty level and topic-wise weightage.
Last year, the GATE Civil Engineering exam was conducted on 06th January in two shifts. With the help of the previous year’s GATE civil engineering analysis of the difficulty level and topic-wise weightage, we will try to find out this year’s expected difficulty level and weightage each topic might receive.
Previous Year GATE Civil Engineering Difficulty Level and Weightage
In this section, we will discuss the session-wise civil engineering difficulty level and weightage of the GATE examination conducted last year -
GATE 2021 Civil Engineering Exam Analysis (Session 1)
The overall difficulty level of the GATE civil engineering exam last year was moderate
There were a total of 2 MSQ questions question paper
The question paper comprised of 15 NAT questions
Topics such as Geo-Tech, Environment and Transportation received maximum weightage
The Engineering Mathematics and General Aptitude sections comprised easy scoring questions
Candidates who attempted at least 40 questions fell into the “Good Attempt” category
GATE 2021 Civil Engineering (shift 1) paper analysis, question paper and answer key
GATE 2021 Civil Engineering Topic-Wise Weightage (Session 1)
The topic-wise weightage of the previous year’s GATE civil engineering (session 1) exam has been discussed below -
Topic | Total Questions | Marks Percentage |
General Aptitude | 10 | 15% |
Engineering Mathematics | 08 | 11% |
Irrigation | 01 | 2% |
Geotech | 08 | 13% |
Environment | 09 | 8% |
Transportation | N/A | N/A |
Hydrology | 01 | 9% |
Structural Analysis | 03 | 6% |
Fluid Mechanics | 03 | 6% |
Surveying | 03 | 4% |
RCC | 03 | 4% |
SOM | N/A | N/A |
Steel Structure | 03 | 2% |
Building Material & Construction Management | 01 | 6% |
Strength of Materials | N/A | 4-5% |
GATE 2021 Civil Engineering Exam Analysis (Session 2)
The overall difficulty level of the GATE civil engineering exam last year was moderate
There were 1 or 2 MSQ questions in the question paper
The overall difficulty level of the Mathematics and General Aptitude sections were easy
The General Aptitude and Geo-Tech sections comprised of easy scoring topics
The Environment section comprised of difficult scoring topics
Candidates who attempted 40 to 45 questions fell into the “Good Attempt” category
GATE 2021 Civil Engineering (shift 2) paper analysis, question paper and answer key
GATE 2021 Civil Engineering Topic-Wise Weightage (Session 2)
The topic-wise weightage of the previous year’s GATE civil engineering (session 1) exam has been discussed below -
Topic | Total Questions | Marks Percentage |
General Aptitude | 10 | 15% |
Engineering Mathematics | 09 | 13% |
Irrigation & Hydrology | 05 | 6% |
Geotech | 09 | 14% |
Environment | 04 | 5% |
Transportation | 07 | 11% |
Structural Analysis | 01 | 2% |
Fluid Mechanics | 03 | 6% |
Surveying | 02 | 4% |
RCC | 06 | 9% |
SOM | 03 | 2% |
Steel Structure | 01 | 1% |
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